Korean Culture without the K | Colin Marshall #129

Colin Marshall is a Seoul-based essayist, broadcaster, and public speaker focusing on cities, language, and culture. Through his Substack newsletter, Books on Cities, he writes long-form essay-reviews exploring those very themes. He is the author of the Korean essay collection "한국 요약 금지" (No Summarizing Korea) and "Korean Newtro: Where Youth Meets Tradition". Additionally, he recently contributed a story to the Seoul-set mystery anthology "그날, 서울에서는 무슨 일이." He currently writes a column for the Korean newspaper 동아일보.

His essays have appeared in a wide range of outlets, including The New Yorker, Guardian Cities, Open Culture, the Times Literary Supplement, and the Los Angeles Review of Books (where he authored the Korea Blog for six years).

Find Him Online

Email: colinjmarshall@gmail.com

Twitter: https://x.com/colinmarshall

Korean Newtro: https://www.amazon.com/Korean-Newtro-Where-Youth-Tradition/dp/156591533X

No Summarizing Korea: https://product.kyobobook.co.kr/detail/S000212263515

Discussion Outline

0:00 Introduction

5:30 Writing in Korean for Koreans

13:05 The Korean Language

17:25 Korean Language and Translation

24:30 Park Chan-wook and Spacelessness

34:35 Korean Newtro Book

46:00 Seeing Korean 촌스러워

56:25 The Dabang

1:05:20 Korean Social Taboos

1:19:10 Consumption of Culture

1:25:45 Advice for Korea

Thanks to Patreon members: Bhavya, Roxanne Murrell, Sara B Cooper, Anne Brennels, Ell, Johnathan Filbert, Daniela Körppen, Cody

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David A. Tizzard has a PhD in Korean Studies and lectures at Seoul Women's University and Hanyang University. He writes a weekly column in the Korea Times, is a social-cultural commentator, and a musician who has lived in Korea for nearly two decades. He can be reached at datizzard@swu.ac.kr.

▶ David's Insta: @datizzard

▶ KD Insta: @koreadeconstructed

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